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one issue involving energy is of course fracking. it has issues involving climate change and regarding other environmental concerns and safety concerns, as well. there are people who profit from it and driving the agenda. a rich, right wing family were funding projects in sunni a college in new york, until it was discovered that academic research about fracking was paid for by the guys who want to do fracking. it's coming to a head in new york in february. they say fracking is not so bad. mayor blackberg said: >> cenk: that sounds kind of dirty and in a couple of different ways. governor cuomo is stainingly silent on it. watch this report. >> we have supply of power in northern new york and quebec. we have power supply in western new york. we have a tremendous need for power in down state new york. let's connect the dots. >> a mention of hydrofracking was notably absent from his vision was the state's energy policy. the development of the natural gas industry will depend on whether new york moves to allow the drilling technique. >> c
one issue involving energy is of course fracking. it has issues involving climate change and regarding other environmental concerns and safety concerns, as well. there are people who profit from it and driving the agenda. a rich, right wing family were funding projects in sunni a college in new york, until it was discovered that academic research about fracking was paid for by the guys who want to do fracking. it's coming to a head in new york in february. they say fracking is not so bad. mayor...
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and it's clean energy. actually clean energy is playing a huge role in the nation's economic recovery, all the more reason, of course, for republicans to attack it. clean energy producers are now putting projects on hold after republicans killed a bill last week that would have extended subsidies to wind energy producers while ending tax subsidies to big oil. mitch mcconnell said he voted against the bill, to make a difference for the american people. >> well, the way i see it the american people didn't send us here to score political points. as i said, they sent us here to make a difference. so i'll be voting against this tax hike on america energy manufacturers, and i would urge my colleagues to do the same. >> in other words, american energy manufacturers, big oil. that's what he meant. he was going to vote against eliminating the subsidies for big oil, but vote against, as well, providing subsidies and providing tax incentives for those who produce solar or wind. unbelievable. it's something that congre
and it's clean energy. actually clean energy is playing a huge role in the nation's economic recovery, all the more reason, of course, for republicans to attack it. clean energy producers are now putting projects on hold after republicans killed a bill last week that would have extended subsidies to wind energy producers while ending tax subsidies to big oil. mitch mcconnell said he voted against the bill, to make a difference for the american people. >> well, the way i see it the...
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if it is the job of letting oil companies run our energy policy, we don't want it. if it's the job of outsourcing our tax code we don't want it. if it's the job of letting politicians decide who you can marry or control the healthcare choices that women should be able to make for themselves we'll take a pass. [ cheering ] >> cenk: i love those linessish and i agree completely with that. there are republicans who say we're going to change it. what with you going to change it to? so the rich and powerful have it better? that's change i don't want at all. so please, mitt romney spare me your outrage. also, they did not give it in its proper context. now let's show the full tape of what president obama said in context. >> obama: the most important lesson i learned is that you can't change washington from the outside. you can only change it from the outside. that's how i got elected. that's how the big accomplishes like healthcare got done was because we mobilized the american people to speak out. that's how we were able to cut taxes for middle class families. so somethi
if it is the job of letting oil companies run our energy policy, we don't want it. if it's the job of outsourcing our tax code we don't want it. if it's the job of letting politicians decide who you can marry or control the healthcare choices that women should be able to make for themselves we'll take a pass. [ cheering ] >> cenk: i love those linessish and i agree completely with that. there are republicans who say we're going to change it. what with you going to change it to? so the...
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manufacturers that energy will be available and low cost to america. >> cenk: now that's another way of saying oil companiesers please give me more money. first of all does it create jobs to do more and more drilling and do the keystone pipeline? let me give you the facts. it would create 6,000 temporary jobs. that's not bad but it's not going to change our national economic outlook. it only creates 20 permanent jobs, which i think president obama is going to approve that anyway which i don't want him to. and oil drilling under obama, do you know that in 2009 we had less than 200 rigs. we have seen an explosion of drilling under president obama. and yet, i'm not in favor of it. the fact are the facts. 1200 rigs now. that's unbelievable how much they're drilling under president obama. for him to say no, no, no, if we drilled more we would have more jobs that is an absurd claim. he's not really trying to appeal to the american public. he's trying to appeal to his donors, oil company give me more money. he'll do that again when it comes to trade agreements. >> opening up new markets in
manufacturers that energy will be available and low cost to america. >> cenk: now that's another way of saying oil companiesers please give me more money. first of all does it create jobs to do more and more drilling and do the keystone pipeline? let me give you the facts. it would create 6,000 temporary jobs. that's not bad but it's not going to change our national economic outlook. it only creates 20 permanent jobs, which i think president obama is going to approve that anyway which i...
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all of the above strategy on energy. >> but let's look at that. even assuming--first of all it's not above it's coal and oil right. >> but let's assume it's an intelligent energy policy, it isn't, but let's assume it is. first of all that would take ten years minimum. second of all energy independence is a good thing for a lot of different reasons but it's not a job creator. >> jennifer: unless renewables, building wind turbines. >> but the energy independence--the work of doing that. >> jennifer: absolutely. >> investments and infrastructure, the infrastructure being roads and highways and bridges and railroads or renewables or whatever. investments that put people to work or schools or hospitals those things put people to work. those are worth while investments, they do generate jobs. but just saying you're energy independent doesn't generate jobs, nor does it lower the cost of gasoline because the cost of gasoline is set at the world market. we only generate 2% of the world's energy. we consume 25% of it. if we generated 5% of the world's energ
all of the above strategy on energy. >> but let's look at that. even assuming--first of all it's not above it's coal and oil right. >> but let's assume it's an intelligent energy policy, it isn't, but let's assume it is. first of all that would take ten years minimum. second of all energy independence is a good thing for a lot of different reasons but it's not a job creator. >> jennifer: unless renewables, building wind turbines. >> but the energy independence--the work...
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but does this give more energy to the movement, seeing this kind of abuse and what would be next for them? >> well, it certainly--it is the kind of thing of what happened on saturday night that gets them back in the headlines, which is important for occupy wall street. if they're not getting covered people forget they are there. they're regrouping, staging weekly protests on friday. the big thing coming up they'll try to implement a general strike on may first which won't be a general strike because none of the major union versus signed on, but that's their big event of the spring. >> what are they supposed to do? when they protest they get no coverage or when they do get coverage they get their head beaten in. i don't know how to express how aghast i am that peaceful protesters now get this kind of treatment. so what do we expect in chicago? what do we expect in the may first protests? is it cartÉ blanche now since there are no consequences, no cops get punished. no mayors get punished. if you go out there to exercise your first amendment rights should you expect an ass kicking by
but does this give more energy to the movement, seeing this kind of abuse and what would be next for them? >> well, it certainly--it is the kind of thing of what happened on saturday night that gets them back in the headlines, which is important for occupy wall street. if they're not getting covered people forget they are there. they're regrouping, staging weekly protests on friday. the big thing coming up they'll try to implement a general strike on may first which won't be a general...
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been a community organizer and now leads green for all, an organization that works to create clean energy jobs, and reporter josh harkinson, who is keeping a close eye on the presidential campaign for "mother jones." welcome you back to you both inside "the war room." we are talking about voting blocks today, and the concern is that even if you have got a voting block that is significantly supportive, you still have to deal with unemployment bad news. for example the latest unemployment figures from the burrow of labor statistics, show that african american unemployment is at 13%, which is obviously well above -- it is frankly above 10.3 for latinos, and 7.4 for whites. how do you motivate a community to get out and vote when people are feeling discouraged by their own employment situation. >> it is important to note that the rate of unemployment for african americans continues to be higher for the rest of the country. i think people had hoped that we would see higher numbers of employment which we're not, but obama not only represents our hopes as communities of color, but also we don't
been a community organizer and now leads green for all, an organization that works to create clean energy jobs, and reporter josh harkinson, who is keeping a close eye on the presidential campaign for "mother jones." welcome you back to you both inside "the war room." we are talking about voting blocks today, and the concern is that even if you have got a voting block that is significantly supportive, you still have to deal with unemployment bad news. for example the latest...
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it's an intelligent energy policy -- which it isn't, but let's assume it is. let's assume we get to energy independence in america. first of all that would take ten years. secondly that doesn't build jobs. it's the work of gaining the independence. the infrastructures being roads, bridges, high waist, or renewables or whatever investments that put people to work or schools or hospitals, those things put people to work. those are worthwhile investments and do generate jobs. but just saying you are going to be energy independent doesn't enrate jobs nor does it lower the cost of gasoline because the cost of gasoline is set on the world market, and we only generate 2% of the world's energy, we consume 25%, and if we generated 5% you are still not in the world market. >> jennifer: the narrative that the president should tell quickly. >> when he took office we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. we pass the american recovery act, saved the automobile industry, did a few other things, and within 14 months we were gaining 50,000 a month. then the president knew to keep
it's an intelligent energy policy -- which it isn't, but let's assume it is. let's assume we get to energy independence in america. first of all that would take ten years. secondly that doesn't build jobs. it's the work of gaining the independence. the infrastructures being roads, bridges, high waist, or renewables or whatever investments that put people to work or schools or hospitals, those things put people to work. those are worthwhile investments and do generate jobs. but just saying you...
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he charged his energy department with a plan to tackle climate change. one of the things that is fascinating about governor romney is one of his top environmental officials when he was governor of massachusetts, the one charged with working on the massachusetts climate change plan was a woman named jeanne mccarthy. she is currently the number 2 in the obama epa, where she was the clean air and climate program. that's who mitt romney was -- and she's from boston but that's who mitt romney was hiring when he was governor of massachusetts. he famously stood in front of a coal plant and gave a speech about how he was going to shut down coal plants because coal plants kill people. now -- and -- and -- and in his book -- >> john: i'm afraid we are actually out of town, but i'll be looking for your work at the nothingsal convention. have a great time and thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ cover the convention. but only current coverage will put you at the collision of tv and social media. we'll
he charged his energy department with a plan to tackle climate change. one of the things that is fascinating about governor romney is one of his top environmental officials when he was governor of massachusetts, the one charged with working on the massachusetts climate change plan was a woman named jeanne mccarthy. she is currently the number 2 in the obama epa, where she was the clean air and climate program. that's who mitt romney was -- and she's from boston but that's who mitt romney was...
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when sherrod brown had a chance to cut energy costs he said no. instead he voted to increase energy taxes. >> meehan is looking to simplify the tax code so businesses with focus on jobs, not government regulation. call pat meehan. >> cenk: so all negative ads against democrats. all positive ads for the republicans. by the way i like that sherrod brown, against the oil companies, how dare he. that might backfire. now there is one other group that unfortunately have bought apparently. that's the supreme court. do you know that in this term the chamber of commerce whenever they filed a petition on that side, they have won 100% of the time. do you remember when justice john roberts said during his confirmation hearings, i'm impartial. i just call balls and strikes. [ chuckling ] that's a good one. during the roberts courts when we had consistency on the supreme court justices, 68% of the time they ruled in favor of the chamber of commercials. renquist court was very conservative. they were only at 56%. the burger court was very conservative and they w
when sherrod brown had a chance to cut energy costs he said no. instead he voted to increase energy taxes. >> meehan is looking to simplify the tax code so businesses with focus on jobs, not government regulation. call pat meehan. >> cenk: so all negative ads against democrats. all positive ads for the republicans. by the way i like that sherrod brown, against the oil companies, how dare he. that might backfire. now there is one other group that unfortunately have bought apparently....
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there's energy there. there's excitement there. honestly i think he crushed mitt romney today, and he's also right. now, let me show you this graph that you might not see in other places. this is between 2001 and 2010. what we did was giant tax cuts. that's what mitt romney says we should do again. look at the results. the bottom 20% on the very left actually had a bump up in income, only because we had to give them so much aid because of the recession. they lost tremendous wealth, and then the middle class there, you see in the middle is all the green bars going down are all the wealth we lost in this country. the blue bars is all the income we lost in this country 27% of our net worth gone. oh, of course the green bar at the right is the rich, the only ones who gained after all those giant tax cuts. the facts are on president obama's side and they're definitely oh not on mitt ram's side if that if we do what he says, we're going to have that problem again. we're not alone in thinking this. the whole country thinks it. when they j
there's energy there. there's excitement there. honestly i think he crushed mitt romney today, and he's also right. now, let me show you this graph that you might not see in other places. this is between 2001 and 2010. what we did was giant tax cuts. that's what mitt romney says we should do again. look at the results. the bottom 20% on the very left actually had a bump up in income, only because we had to give them so much aid because of the recession. they lost tremendous wealth, and then the...
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he said if we do what i plan on doing which is getting energy independent, within eight years -- >> the question is were you lying then or are you lying now, or are you in fact not a chronic and hib be it wall liar! >> stephanie: we would actually be going backwards not forward. >> right. >> stephanie: right. how about this one? i will fight to create more energy in this country, and part of that is bringing the pipeline down from canada. okay. all right. how about this one, the proof whether an energy price is working. >> liar, liar pans on fire. >> stephanie: gas prices are certainly high but the global comedy that the president has virtually no control over the price of gas. how about this one? i will not under any circumstances reduce the share paid by the highest income taxpayers, and not increase taxes on the middle class under any circumstances. >> liar liar pants on -- >> stephanie: he's see blah blah -- how about the binder story itself. i went to a number of women's groups -- >> i simply made the logical deduction that you are a liar. >> stephanie: the women's group said we ca
he said if we do what i plan on doing which is getting energy independent, within eight years -- >> the question is were you lying then or are you lying now, or are you in fact not a chronic and hib be it wall liar! >> stephanie: we would actually be going backwards not forward. >> right. >> stephanie: right. how about this one? i will fight to create more energy in this country, and part of that is bringing the pipeline down from canada. okay. all right. how about this...
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on green energy, mr. romney said half the companies backed by the president's green energy stimulus program have gone out of business. that is a gross overstatement. on the $716 billion that romney claimed that president obama cut from medicare, "the new york times" reports while fact checkers have repeatedly debunked this claim it remains a standard attack line for mr. romney. on every single issue. "the new york times" reports mitt romney lied. he did not tell the truth. why didn't president obama call him on those lies and go after him? and why didn't president obama expose those lies last night? he just didn't do so. i don't understand it. maybe john kerry told him not to. jenny is calling from worton, new jersey. hi jenny. >> caller: hi, bill. how are you? >> bill: i'm good. thank you. >> caller: long time listener, first time caller. >> bill: all right. >> caller: i had to call about that moderator last night. he was just awful. >> bill: wasn't he terrible? >> caller: he was awful! he was just awful
on green energy, mr. romney said half the companies backed by the president's green energy stimulus program have gone out of business. that is a gross overstatement. on the $716 billion that romney claimed that president obama cut from medicare, "the new york times" reports while fact checkers have repeatedly debunked this claim it remains a standard attack line for mr. romney. on every single issue. "the new york times" reports mitt romney lied. he did not tell the truth....
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. >> maybe some fire energy drink. >> i totally agree. joe williams in washington thank you for joining me on "the young turks"." >> mitt romney is supposed to be on the view with us with ann romney. >> why would mitt run from the women of the view. then we have the son of an esteemed former governor tommy thompson sending the president back to kenya. >> we have the opportunity send presidentpresident obama back to chicago (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >>now that's politically direct. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> as if you didn't already know, mitt romney was scheduled to be on "the view" this thursday appearing with his wife ann but tabar bra walters said that mitt canceled the appearance. when offered to reschedule, mitt said he can't do it. his campaign said
. >> maybe some fire energy drink. >> i totally agree. joe williams in washington thank you for joining me on "the young turks"." >> mitt romney is supposed to be on the view with us with ann romney. >> why would mitt run from the women of the view. then we have the son of an esteemed former governor tommy thompson sending the president back to kenya. >> we have the opportunity send presidentpresident obama back to chicago (vo) what is said here...
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saying oh, we are very worried, but the republican convention was far lower energy than the democratic convention -- >> stephanie: the only thing devastating was clint eastwood's skit gone awry. >> that was bad. >> am i talking to four invisible entities or just five? >> stephanie: oh, boy. and speaking of amazing women, i don't know how you can be a human being and watch gabby give fors last night and not cry. here she is. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republican for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible liberty and justice for all! [ cheers and applause ] >> stephanie: that phrase is overused, but literally not a dry eye in the house. >> yes and so many people especially women take care of their family members who have injuries like that. and you just applaud because she got it right. >> stephanie: one of the things that touches me the most is debbie wasserman schultz and her friendship. talk about women having each other's back -- >> yes. >> stephanie: this convention, you just can't plan stuff like that. that -- i mean pe
saying oh, we are very worried, but the republican convention was far lower energy than the democratic convention -- >> stephanie: the only thing devastating was clint eastwood's skit gone awry. >> that was bad. >> am i talking to four invisible entities or just five? >> stephanie: oh, boy. and speaking of amazing women, i don't know how you can be a human being and watch gabby give fors last night and not cry. here she is. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the...
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of the world are addicted to the profits that flow from dirty energy. >> the apartheid movement they knew the separation of people was wrong. >> this requires that moral persuasion. >> i think you are absolutely right. one of the videos is from desmond tootoo and he is an old man now, but it is a very moving video, where he says this is the next great moral issue of our time, and we need to put pressure on in the same way. 350.org works in 191 countries around the world, so we have those images in spades from every corner of the earth, people who have been flooded from their homes, crops have withered, and crops are disappearing under water. >> jennifer: america has to lead, because there needs to be a global consensus, because whatever we do obviously people look at that. it must be a consensus among countries, there is a united nations conference at the end of this month. you have expressed serious disappointment with the lack of movement on the global level. how do you get the nations -- >> so we're -- the un has been almost as in effectual as congress in this issue. we're in the
of the world are addicted to the profits that flow from dirty energy. >> the apartheid movement they knew the separation of people was wrong. >> this requires that moral persuasion. >> i think you are absolutely right. one of the videos is from desmond tootoo and he is an old man now, but it is a very moving video, where he says this is the next great moral issue of our time, and we need to put pressure on in the same way. 350.org works in 191 countries around the world, so we...
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understand what drives energy. he does have a really good energy policy. talk about that instead of distracting us with this pretend press conference. >> jay carney yesterday. take a listen. >> we insisted on legislation that was voted on and passed and signed into law by significant percentages of republicans in both houses. but we didn't know when they did this if they were crossing their fingers behind their backs. they either keep their word or they don't. there is an agreement in place that sets standing levels at his roaric lows. >> this is the kind of thing we're trying to govern with republicans, it's just like no we're going back on the deal. >> this -- it's hard to see or know of anything that would come out of the republican house that is either honorable or fair or decent, but the white house was a little late in understanding who they were dealing with. they tried to deal with them and negotiate, which you have to try to do, but i think their negotiating strategy was to give up early on and look for goodwill on the other side which was never t
understand what drives energy. he does have a really good energy policy. talk about that instead of distracting us with this pretend press conference. >> jay carney yesterday. take a listen. >> we insisted on legislation that was voted on and passed and signed into law by significant percentages of republicans in both houses. but we didn't know when they did this if they were crossing their fingers behind their backs. they either keep their word or they don't. there is an agreement...
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they may have been shocked by that energy. >> stephanie: it was like a line ninja. >> i really truly believe he didn't expect to have to answer that rhetoric. >> it may have been his only true failure in that debate. romney has shown he is a duel candidate. he's a corporate closer. doesn't know anything about the deal. he comes in as a last minute. he schmoozes the people. you want me to save your company? keep it here in this country. that's what i'm going to do. after the deal closes, we'll chop it up and sell it overseas. if you don't care, i'll tell you that too. the important thing is sealing the deal. >> stephanie: the third debate, he was looking like willie lowman, not really closing the deal. this just in -- excuse me, i have an important anchor jacket on and people in my ear. i hear a report that it is so close in virginia, there are so many people in line that the results will be delayed in virginia. >> okay. that's actually good for the president. because you're looking at a turnout issue in that state particularly. we're at 49%-49% in virginia. if you're in line in virgi
they may have been shocked by that energy. >> stephanie: it was like a line ninja. >> i really truly believe he didn't expect to have to answer that rhetoric. >> it may have been his only true failure in that debate. romney has shown he is a duel candidate. he's a corporate closer. doesn't know anything about the deal. he comes in as a last minute. he schmoozes the people. you want me to save your company? keep it here in this country. that's what i'm going to do. after the...
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if you don't believe in coal or energy independence for america. if you believe the whole answer for our energy needs is wind and solar, say that. >> in fact mr. obama has said something a lot closer to a what paul ryan said to a g.o.p. crowd near denver. >> we have our own oil and gas. we have nuclear. we are all of the above, wind solar, coal. let's use it. >> mr. obama focused on wind which he says provides 20% of the states power fly supply. he tweaked his rfl. >> governor romney explained his energy policy this way: . i am quoting here you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. now, i don't know if he has tried that. i know he has had other things on his car. >> the legend of shamus the family drogba he drove to canada in a roof carrier. as did biden's unfetterred way calling to roll back wall street regulations by romney. >> he said he will let the big banks white write their own rules, unchain wall street. >> boo. >> going to put y'all back in chains. >> romney campaign spokes won and degree i can't demanded an apology saying in part, and
if you don't believe in coal or energy independence for america. if you believe the whole answer for our energy needs is wind and solar, say that. >> in fact mr. obama has said something a lot closer to a what paul ryan said to a g.o.p. crowd near denver. >> we have our own oil and gas. we have nuclear. we are all of the above, wind solar, coal. let's use it. >> mr. obama focused on wind which he says provides 20% of the states power fly supply. he tweaked his rfl. >>...
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they both want to focus on energy. they both have a training component of what they would like to do. increase exports. concur the deficit. it's pretty -- it's ironic that they both have a similar plan. >> eliot: what you just said is treacherous for the president. >> jennifer: i know. >> eliot: people look at mitt romney and say, president obama hope and change -- >> jennifer: exactly, but he has to say my tax plan and your tax plan are completely different. i believe we have to invest in this nation in order to be great. and the president has such an opportunity on romney's tax plan. >> john: i think the president was cut off guard when governor romney said i don't want to cut taxes for the wealthy. well your budget certainly has that. and that's a what are you talking about willis moment that the president let fly over his head. i think in a free society based on democracy and liberty you have this on pbs for two hours every week -- i don't understand -- why do we get to have 7,000 primary debates and only three for
they both want to focus on energy. they both have a training component of what they would like to do. increase exports. concur the deficit. it's pretty -- it's ironic that they both have a similar plan. >> eliot: what you just said is treacherous for the president. >> jennifer: i know. >> eliot: people look at mitt romney and say, president obama hope and change -- >> jennifer: exactly, but he has to say my tax plan and your tax plan are completely different. i believe...
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he tweaked his rfl. >> governor romney explained his energy policy this way: . i am quoting here you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. now, i don't know if he has tried that. i know he has had other things on his car. >> the legend of shamus the family drogba he drove to canada in a roof carrier. as did biden's unfetterred way calling to roll back wall street regulations by romney. >> he said he will let the big banks white write their own rules, unchain wall street. >> boo. >> going to put y'all back in chains. >> romney campaign spokes won and degree i can't demanded an apology saying in part, and i quote: the comments made by the vice president of the united states are not acceptable in our political discourse. president obama should tell the american people whether he agrees with joe biden's comments. >> obama deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter said campaign had quote no problem with those comments, adding that the romney campaign missed the point. >> i appreciate the full outrage from the romney campaign. what the vice president was talking abo
he tweaked his rfl. >> governor romney explained his energy policy this way: . i am quoting here you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. now, i don't know if he has tried that. i know he has had other things on his car. >> the legend of shamus the family drogba he drove to canada in a roof carrier. as did biden's unfetterred way calling to roll back wall street regulations by romney. >> he said he will let the big banks white write their own rules, unchain wall street....
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thats are all game-changing projects that will change the way we use energy. are we going to see them every day and are we going to point to them and say those are the turbines that obama guilt? that will not be so clear. >> eliot: what about the nature of its passage, the political moment or marketing of it that has left it as an orphan on the steps without anyone coming to its defense until you. >> i think it's partly because it's tough to sell a job when jobs are falling apart. that made it easy for the media which doesn't like public policy any way. when they is full of pork lists which is trips to disneyland, and it was easy for them to say sure especially when the democrats were saying no, this is full of energy, race to the stop and giving everyone an electronic medical record. they were saying no, it's too big, too small, the tax cuts are not enough. it was a can calf phone and the only thing people heard was that it was a mess. >> eliot: nobody is ever satisfied. so the left attacked. the right attacked. the republican party was in attack mode. the ne
thats are all game-changing projects that will change the way we use energy. are we going to see them every day and are we going to point to them and say those are the turbines that obama guilt? that will not be so clear. >> eliot: what about the nature of its passage, the political moment or marketing of it that has left it as an orphan on the steps without anyone coming to its defense until you. >> i think it's partly because it's tough to sell a job when jobs are falling apart....
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study after study is showing if we tap our energy resources our renewable energy resources we can dramatically improve the energy system, reduce the carbon content, make it safer. this is what the whole world needs to do. the united states has the technology and the resource base to make it work, and to make it possible. >> jennifer: we can finally lead, we can finally lead rather than being the laughing stock of the global community for burying our heads in the sand. the cost of these natural disasters is escalating by the billions. do you think in decision to a planetary global warming argument there is an argument that might work where the suffering and scientific haven't. >> it matters because it undermines our quality and safety of life, including wrecking the economy. so this has been one of the core reasons for decades actually that the call has been to make the energy system safe because it's going to save us from a lot of disasters. there is not really a difference between the climate change idea, the motivation, and the economic cost as a motivation. they really are the same. we are
study after study is showing if we tap our energy resources our renewable energy resources we can dramatically improve the energy system, reduce the carbon content, make it safer. this is what the whole world needs to do. the united states has the technology and the resource base to make it work, and to make it possible. >> jennifer: we can finally lead, we can finally lead rather than being the laughing stock of the global community for burying our heads in the sand. the cost of these...
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first, the republicans keep saying that we can't make energy efficient cars. ford says i think we can. they say we can't create jobs in the u.s., we have to out source. ford says i think we can. they say we can't use unions. ford says yes, we can and they're using unions. furthermore, they didn't take bailout money. it's kind of a great american success story. in fact, local station whas in kentucky reported the opening of the plant this week. >> with a thousand workers crammed into the ford executive garage and thousands of ford escapes crammed into the assembly plant's parking lot the automakers can barely contain itself. >> creating positions and bringing work back to america from places mike mexico and places like japan. >> damn straight. i like it. now, we're going to bring in a couple of heavy hitters to talk about this. first of all the host of the war room, governor jennifer granholm. governor, i know you like the idea of creating jobs in the u.s. a little bit. >> just a little bit. [ laughter ] >> so this is a great success story. let's let michael ta
first, the republicans keep saying that we can't make energy efficient cars. ford says i think we can. they say we can't create jobs in the u.s., we have to out source. ford says i think we can. they say we can't use unions. ford says yes, we can and they're using unions. furthermore, they didn't take bailout money. it's kind of a great american success story. in fact, local station whas in kentucky reported the opening of the plant this week. >> with a thousand workers crammed into the...
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. >> i have never taken a 5-hour energy. i think i'm going to have a heart attack. >> john: for me, it is completely mild. and now i can never take it ever again because i'm a liberal and i believe everything in "the new york times." we'll be taking your calls and talking to josh wax of share our strength. and then muslim comedian dino joins us in the next hour. this is the "bill press show." i'm john fuglesang. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound of tender snow crab paired with savory grilled shrimp, just 12.99. or our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake. [ forsythe ] if i wouldn't put it on my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my name's jon forsythe and i sea food differently. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> john: this is the "bill press show" coming to you live on current tv. i'm john fuglesang filling in for b
. >> i have never taken a 5-hour energy. i think i'm going to have a heart attack. >> john: for me, it is completely mild. and now i can never take it ever again because i'm a liberal and i believe everything in "the new york times." we'll be taking your calls and talking to josh wax of share our strength. and then muslim comedian dino joins us in the next hour. this is the "bill press show." i'm john fuglesang. >> announcer: this is the "bill press...
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it will take all of us coming together, all of our ideas, all of our energy but that's always been the new hampshire way. [ cheers and applause ] >> jennifer: well that's new hampshire's governor elect, maggie hassan at her victory speech on tuesday night. and next year she will be the nation's only female democratic governor. new hampshire voters made an interesting bit of history this week because they el elected the first, all-women delegation to washington. senator jean chaking, and another senator, and then two other women in the house. tonight i'm actually go pleased to be able to welcome maggie hassan into "the war room." maggie so glad to have you, and congratulations on your wig win. >> thank you so much. it's great to be with you. >> all right. now new hampshire comes across as this macho -- to those outside of new hampshire, this macho live free or die state. and yet you are the only female democratic governor. is there a grand plan at work here? >> well there is a long history and tuition of community participation at all levels and so we have had a long tradition of women
it will take all of us coming together, all of our ideas, all of our energy but that's always been the new hampshire way. [ cheers and applause ] >> jennifer: well that's new hampshire's governor elect, maggie hassan at her victory speech on tuesday night. and next year she will be the nation's only female democratic governor. new hampshire voters made an interesting bit of history this week because they el elected the first, all-women delegation to washington. senator jean chaking, and...
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. >> brilliant except doing more drilling as a way to get to energy solutions in this country. what happens a couple of weeks after? this. >> giant oil rig which exploded and burned and now has sunk into the ocean off of the coast of louisiana. >> a day and a half after the deep water hor eyesizon exploded flames if he had by crude from the bottom of the sea were too big to contain. >> oops. then the jobs act, a republican idea that had nothing to do with jobs. it had to do with deregulating ip is -- ipo. >> this bill represents the bi-partisan action we should take in washington to help our economy. >> our job is to help our companies grow and hire. >> a little over a month later, what happens? the facebook ipo. >> facebook the public offering was one of the most anticipated in recent history. now among the most controversial controversial. >> the stock is down more than a quarter of value since the ipo, closing below $30 yesterday for the first time. >> the massachusetts attorney general has stepped in and issued a subpoena as to what one analyst might have been telling the i
. >> brilliant except doing more drilling as a way to get to energy solutions in this country. what happens a couple of weeks after? this. >> giant oil rig which exploded and burned and now has sunk into the ocean off of the coast of louisiana. >> a day and a half after the deep water hor eyesizon exploded flames if he had by crude from the bottom of the sea were too big to contain. >> oops. then the jobs act, a republican idea that had nothing to do with jobs. it had to...
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. >> john: with stephanie's show you actually have to do a few hits of meth to match her energy. i'm realizing i'm so exhausted because it's really like 2 am in l.a., and i went to public school, so i'm not good with math. senator mccain says he doesn't believe these attacks were motivated by the film at all. he believes they were very, very organized and scheduled terrorist attacks in light of the assassination of the latest al-qaeda number 2 last week. and he is not alone on this. i think a lot of the folks in the crowd may have come because of the film. but it seems like as john mccain pointed out, you don't bring rocket propelled grenades to a demonstration. that's an act of terror. what is your take on it? >> i think he is likely right. we may have more intelligence information than we have. but the only violence has really been people getting hurt in the protest. it hasn't been like rocket launched -- or bombs or really even gunfire -- >> john: there certainly was in libya, dean. >> right. i'm saying that libya is the exception. so it seems there probably is some truth to t
. >> john: with stephanie's show you actually have to do a few hits of meth to match her energy. i'm realizing i'm so exhausted because it's really like 2 am in l.a., and i went to public school, so i'm not good with math. senator mccain says he doesn't believe these attacks were motivated by the film at all. he believes they were very, very organized and scheduled terrorist attacks in light of the assassination of the latest al-qaeda number 2 last week. and he is not alone on this. i...
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let's get energy secured. >> it's key stone, look away look away. we've shown you this whole week we're at an eight year high for american energy production here in this country. the price is not connected to that. it's connected to the speculators. in fact, one of the largest speculators on oil koch industries. so, koch industries according to a foreign article said that they would add because of their oil speculation, 20 cents to 40 cents per gallon for every gallon of gas we bought in 2008. you gave the koch brothers 20 cents to 40 cents per gallon every time you bought gas. that's a. >>gigantic.he said please, please, whatever you're doing, to the koch brothers. on top of all that crony capitalism, they have the nerve to pretend they're against crony capitalism. another website is part of their group called economic freedom. i love the way they have all these great names, i'm for prosperity and economic freedom. they have a video in here telling us how crony capitalism is. >> crony capitalism means your success means less on how well you meet yo
let's get energy secured. >> it's key stone, look away look away. we've shown you this whole week we're at an eight year high for american energy production here in this country. the price is not connected to that. it's connected to the speculators. in fact, one of the largest speculators on oil koch industries. so, koch industries according to a foreign article said that they would add because of their oil speculation, 20 cents to 40 cents per gallon for every gallon of gas we bought in...
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phyllis cuttno the energy pew's energy ttv om state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ an energizing fruit or relaxing mint flavor. new 5 rpm gum. stimulate your senses. >> ahhh! >> any questions? any questions? >> i have a few observations. i wasn't't aware that theevevegege amamicic taxpayeye os s sma icns and am ibb supupseseo be d at thesehe chickens? ke if a aththg i'm impressed, after all they picked the carcass clean and left the clothing. and the chicksens were clearly hurled off off screen i rest easier one someone is a chief chicken thrower. this poor girl watched a gold fesh gasp for air and a bunny blown to pieces and now a man be mauled by poultry. what are you going to make her sit through next? >> all right, kid you're doing great. don't say anything until after the
phyllis cuttno the energy pew's energy ttv om state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ an energizing fruit or relaxing mint flavor. new 5 rpm gum. stimulate your senses. >> ahhh! >> any...
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the sweet taste of energy. it's completely inappropriate for television. ♪ >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. and on monday, april 23rd, my parting shot for today summing up what we've been talking about. if you want to see an example of the federal government totally out of control in a colossal waste of taxpayer time and money, just look today at greensboro north carolina. because in a federal courtroom down there is where the trial of john edwards gets underway. yes, today when the supreme court allows corporations to give unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns and do so anonymously, yes today when because of citizens united, individuals like foster freeze and sheldon adelson will single-handedly bankroll super pacs with millions of dollars and nobody makes anything about it, the department of justice sis trying to convict john edwards for money two of his supporters gave his mistress in 2007 and 2008. this whole trial is unsane! th
the sweet taste of energy. it's completely inappropriate for television. ♪ >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. and on monday, april 23rd, my parting shot for today summing up what we've been talking about. if you want to see an example of the federal government totally out of control in a colossal waste of taxpayer time and money, just look today at greensboro north carolina. because in a federal courtroom...
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favor government investment into renewable energy. on every measure the policies are terrible, and americans don't agree with them. and that might be the reason why the romney campaign has gone light on policy issues. so it might not be help because in ohio today the president capitalized on romney's lack of specifics. >> obama: now the other side they are more than happy to talk about what they think is wrong with america. they won't tell you how it started. [ laughter ] >> obama: but they are happy -- they are happy to talk about what is wrong. they don't do much to -- to tell you what they are going to do to make it right. >> jennifer: and then late this afternoon even as romney was scrambling to get his message on track. yet another shoe dropped. mother jones released audio secretly recorded at a romney closed door event, saying that the majority of romney supporters just want government >> jennifer: i just can't even speak that is so sickening. do you think mitt romney that seniors on medicare are looking for a handout; that they
favor government investment into renewable energy. on every measure the policies are terrible, and americans don't agree with them. and that might be the reason why the romney campaign has gone light on policy issues. so it might not be help because in ohio today the president capitalized on romney's lack of specifics. >> obama: now the other side they are more than happy to talk about what they think is wrong with america. they won't tell you how it started. [ laughter ] >> obama:...
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you know, he put so much energy into passing the affordable care act, but now the real work gets done. putting in place the state exchanges, the federal exchange, moving the delivery system forward, reducing costs over all in the system, providing that big expansion of coverage that is embedded in that legislation. that takes enormous effort, enormous work. i think he has to work not only with his own agencies but with governors around the country. >> eliot: it's interesting because not many people focus on this, but when the president regalvannized his election, i think plays to your point and there is so much residual power. >> there was a big meeting with immigration activists and people wanted to see reform, including people from the bush administration. we encourage him to take that step particularly for the dream act kids. i think he was reluctant at that moment and thought he could work with congress. it's apparent that congress was not going to do anything. he did the right thing to take that action and it probably helped him politically. >> eliot: it was right substantively,
you know, he put so much energy into passing the affordable care act, but now the real work gets done. putting in place the state exchanges, the federal exchange, moving the delivery system forward, reducing costs over all in the system, providing that big expansion of coverage that is embedded in that legislation. that takes enormous effort, enormous work. i think he has to work not only with his own agencies but with governors around the country. >> eliot: it's interesting because not...
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i think it is a sign of the momentum and the energy we have out here. you know, i think that this faux narrative that mitt romney has momentum are wrong. the polls are the same as they were before the first debate. this is a close race. we've always said it is going to be a close race which is why we've invested heavily in our ground game. it is paying off. but we can't rest on our laurels. we have to fight for this all the way up until election participate. we need them to help get the vote out and we need them to vote themselves. >> jennifer: okay so for our audience, what you've just said is very interesting and very important and gives us great comfort although we still know we have to work. you said that the polls -- what you're seeing is that we're essentially where we were at a preset before that first debate which obviously propels some momentum on the part of governor romney. so not only has his momentum slowed but we are back to where we were? >> essentially, yes. it is a close race. nationally, we're two three four points ahead. basically, wh
i think it is a sign of the momentum and the energy we have out here. you know, i think that this faux narrative that mitt romney has momentum are wrong. the polls are the same as they were before the first debate. this is a close race. we've always said it is going to be a close race which is why we've invested heavily in our ground game. it is paying off. but we can't rest on our laurels. we have to fight for this all the way up until election participate. we need them to help get the vote...
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the natural energy of peanuts and delicious, soft caramel. to fill you up and keep you moving, whatever your moves. payday. fill up and go! you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> david: the republican obstructionism has maiden made enacting even the most basic legislation an arduous process. which could be why so few bills are actually getting passed. i had a chance to talk with representative linda sanchez. >> thank you for talking with us. has the republican party learned anything as it moves forward with an offer that begins to makes sense to you? >> i would have thought that the republicans would have paid more attention to the election results because i think the voters sent a clear mention that they don't want this brinksman
the natural energy of peanuts and delicious, soft caramel. to fill you up and keep you moving, whatever your moves. payday. fill up and go! you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle...
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the sweet taste of energy. desk top, lab top, ipad. iphone. >> pleasant your hearts. >> the big one. >> stephanie: all i know, the little flower is there and it means go to meeting. i love go to meeting. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: welcome back to the war room. i'm john fugelsang filling in for governor granholm. ifif you own a baseball team and you bet on it to lose. and if you're a bank you bet on it to fail, then you get bailed out. that's when wall street began last fall. the deregulations the tax pair bail outs that went to lavish bonuses and things got so bad that thousands of americans went to live in tents to protest how bad it was. and those americans got called lazy. now the long arm of the law that let wall street crooks get away came down pretty hard on some of these citizen protesters. the ironry is if we could enforce our banking laws as vigorously as we can enforce our park zoning areas there may not have been any need for occupy wall street. after being evicted from zuccotti park in decembe
the sweet taste of energy. desk top, lab top, ipad. iphone. >> pleasant your hearts. >> the big one. >> stephanie: all i know, the little flower is there and it means go to meeting. i love go to meeting. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: welcome back to the war room. i'm john fugelsang filling in for governor granholm. ifif you own a baseball team and you bet on it to lose. and if you're a bank you bet on it to fail, then you get bailed out. that's when wall street began...
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you are a big clean energy guy. he, romney inverted in a solar company in massachusetts and lo and behold, it had trouble. does itthat not undercut. >> he was a democrat and a republican, then he was a democrat and a republican. let's not judge the health of the clean energy in the country based upon what mitt romney did or didn't do. we are going to move this country to a more clean energy economy. it's what the american people want, and a lot of republican governors and democratic governors, including republican governor in your state in michigan who support a clean energy future, it's because the big oil owns the republican party in washington and because the republican political operatives think they are going to rile up the crazy right-wing tea party about talking about hippie environmentalists, not because the country is headed in the direction they want. >> donnie, cassandra, we will be back later, but up next a man who has been around a few little extra nights. dan rather enters the war room and he is bringi
you are a big clean energy guy. he, romney inverted in a solar company in massachusetts and lo and behold, it had trouble. does itthat not undercut. >> he was a democrat and a republican, then he was a democrat and a republican. let's not judge the health of the clean energy in the country based upon what mitt romney did or didn't do. we are going to move this country to a more clean energy economy. it's what the american people want, and a lot of republican governors and democratic...
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vice president, he was a complete champion for clean energy, creating jobs for clean energy. he had our midwest conference on that subject. it was an amazing thing to see his transformation. i know what primaries are but i think deep down, he's a reasonable guy. >> there's so many that used to have a responsible position and they've all been browbeaten into completely changing their position including mitt romney. >> he had a whole strategy in terms of economic development related to clean energy in massachusetts. >> and he stood outside of that coal plant and said we're not going to support a plant that kills people, but completely abandoned. >> in front of finers a few weeks ago and the miners were coerced into coming. >> and then even their c.f.o. came out and said we didn't make them go there we just said it was mandatory. we didn't make them go. >> mandatory right. >> and they took their money away for that day to make them go to a mitt romney rally. it's sickening really. >> senator portman is out there now. i ran into him in central park one day. no one knew who he was
vice president, he was a complete champion for clean energy, creating jobs for clean energy. he had our midwest conference on that subject. it was an amazing thing to see his transformation. i know what primaries are but i think deep down, he's a reasonable guy. >> there's so many that used to have a responsible position and they've all been browbeaten into completely changing their position including mitt romney. >> he had a whole strategy in terms of economic development related...
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bill richardson, the former ambassador of the united nations and secretary of energy. these are who the crop of candidates that president obama beat. >> i think if gary johnson had been allowed in those debates it would have been much more interesting. >> it would have been interesting to see what ron paul's philosophy looks like without crazy. >> you. >> and not to say that i don't think that the philosophy is crazy, but the presentation of the philosophy. >> half of it is very sane. half of it is beyond the democrats. i think that ron paul is one of the few people in congress to stand up and say that the iraq war was unconstitutional. it was. >> libertarianism is like the hold out spot for people who want to think that they're better than the democrats and conservatives. i'd like at this point, first of all, you're never going to elect a libertarian. second of all there's far more room to negotiate and soften your position in economics on the left than social issues on the right. >> yeah. >> anybody who is a libertarian in the republican party is not doing anything t
bill richardson, the former ambassador of the united nations and secretary of energy. these are who the crop of candidates that president obama beat. >> i think if gary johnson had been allowed in those debates it would have been much more interesting. >> it would have been interesting to see what ron paul's philosophy looks like without crazy. >> you. >> and not to say that i don't think that the philosophy is crazy, but the presentation of the philosophy. >> half...
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they can't even say energy or restrictions. they have no answers. all they ever do is listen to talking points. >> john: exactly. >> caller: obama raised all of our taxes. which tax? >> john: he cut our taxes. >> caller: if you ask the same question, they never have an answer because they only listen to fox. and that's all they hear is talking points. >> john: i thank you for the call, shirley in philly. two other points you can throw at the people who say obama is big government. bush created the department of homeland security. reagan grew the government by 61,000 jobs. it was a good thing. it was the department of veteran affairs. >> it was the tea party when bush was raising the deficit after we had a surplus during the clinton years. >> john: they were cheering him on. >> where were all of the deficits? >> john: i can't wait until we have a republican president and the republicans don't complain about deficits. under barack obama, the government has seen the slowest growth in government spending since eisenhower. i'm going to say that again bec
they can't even say energy or restrictions. they have no answers. all they ever do is listen to talking points. >> john: exactly. >> caller: obama raised all of our taxes. which tax? >> john: he cut our taxes. >> caller: if you ask the same question, they never have an answer because they only listen to fox. and that's all they hear is talking points. >> john: i thank you for the call, shirley in philly. two other points you can throw at the people who say obama is...
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we have great guests on the show, including public citizen energy director and edward isaac dovere. but i guess the real important story is that mc hammer came out and sang [ inaudible ] at the american music festival. >> is that what happened? >> john: yes. >> i can't wait to tell my grandchildren that this one-hit wonder cy went on with mc hammer. >> john: yes, cy came -- >> deep it going dan. ♪ >> john: cy came out and lip sinked. he is playing the studio version, and then mc hammer comes out and [ inaudible ] his third biggest hit -- >> this sounds like a train wreck. >> john: if you listen very very closely to this you can hear the founding fathers weep. and we'll be talking about david petraeus. because there is now a backlash of people saying why should he have to resign? the obvious answer is because he is the biggest spy in america and spies get fired for less. but what do you think? if america needs him running the cia, if he can do for america what he did for afghanistan, why would you want him leaving? >> yeah. >> john: please feel free to give us a call at 866-55-pres
we have great guests on the show, including public citizen energy director and edward isaac dovere. but i guess the real important story is that mc hammer came out and sang [ inaudible ] at the american music festival. >> is that what happened? >> john: yes. >> i can't wait to tell my grandchildren that this one-hit wonder cy went on with mc hammer. >> john: yes, cy came -- >> deep it going dan. ♪ >> john: cy came out and lip sinked. he is playing the...
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and those who don't, right, expect to have it energy 1 and also those who don't, they've got a mother who does, a father who does. paul ryan's mother is on medicare. they've got brothers or sisters or aunts or uncles or whatever. where does romney and ryan think -- who do they think they are appealing to when they said we are going to end medicare as we know it today, take it away and instead, just give you a little, as james call it, a little coupon and you can go out in the marketplace and buy your own health insurance. it's not going to work. leave it alone. make it better. >> that's what president obama wants to do. but don't get rid of it, and don't get rid of social security and don't go ahead rid of medicaid. paul ryan and mitt romney would get rid of all three. >> that's their program. >> on your radio. on t.v. the bill press show. new on current tv. this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>that's an understatement, eliot. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. they're doing this this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>that's an
and those who don't, right, expect to have it energy 1 and also those who don't, they've got a mother who does, a father who does. paul ryan's mother is on medicare. they've got brothers or sisters or aunts or uncles or whatever. where does romney and ryan think -- who do they think they are appealing to when they said we are going to end medicare as we know it today, take it away and instead, just give you a little, as james call it, a little coupon and you can go out in the marketplace and...
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they were weakened but energy jets. the electorate. 60% voter participation. >> that's something that they have to be worried about especially when the exit polls say that wisconsin's probably going to break in obama's favor at this point. >> yeah. there is no doubt the turnout to get out the vote operation was really impressive yesterday. the turn out exceeded anything they have ever seen. they had to call. they were photocopying ballots so they would have enough paper around. >> people standing in line for hours waiting to cast their ballots. >> it looked like afghanistan. right? >> with the purple fingers, yeah. >> now, exactly. i think you are right about the unions. there is no doubt, they are not going to walk away from this and say, well, you know, we are done. right? they will be twice as energy jets as they were in wisconsin. and they did win in ohio. they did. >> they won in ohio. again, it's, you know, slightly the same. only completely different. ohio has a bit more -- the same dna doesn't comport to the sam
they were weakened but energy jets. the electorate. 60% voter participation. >> that's something that they have to be worried about especially when the exit polls say that wisconsin's probably going to break in obama's favor at this point. >> yeah. there is no doubt the turnout to get out the vote operation was really impressive yesterday. the turn out exceeded anything they have ever seen. they had to call. they were photocopying ballots so they would have enough paper around....
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without that energy and encouragement of alternative energy, we're forced into these environments. we're fortunate that shell is a great company that is very very safe in drilling of offshore but they're dependent on current technology. i don't support offshore especially in the arctic, but our energy security is very, very important to us, also. it's a trade-off, and that's what the obama administration is focused on. >> eliot: john, let me come back to you. it sounds reasonable an oil company, any company will use existing technology as long as the profits are there, and there is no necessarily incentive to embrace new technologies. what would it take for the oil industry to move to the next generation to make is safer and perhaps more productive, and flip side, do you think that we could and should have regulations demanding greater mile per gallon output for cars? >> one of the beauties of the oil and gas technology is that it's technology industry. it lives on thrives on technology. it's always coming up on new innovations and new ideas. bob makes an point on old designs, and
without that energy and encouragement of alternative energy, we're forced into these environments. we're fortunate that shell is a great company that is very very safe in drilling of offshore but they're dependent on current technology. i don't support offshore especially in the arctic, but our energy security is very, very important to us, also. it's a trade-off, and that's what the obama administration is focused on. >> eliot: john, let me come back to you. it sounds reasonable an oil...
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you get some sense of that extra energy in the atmosphere in this part of the world a couple of weeks ago, when that incredibly violent line of storms moved 700 miles from indiana to the atlantic coast in 12 hours. it was the equivalent of a kind of inland hurricane. there's a lot of extra energy trapped in this envelope of atmosphere expressing it's a in all kinds of ways. >> the "washington post" reporting the other day, the greenland's sheet, the biggest thaw in 40 years. in a three-day period this month, the greenland surface ice cover suffered a broader thaw than in nearly four decades of satellite record keeping. >> yeah, we have never witnessed an event like this -- >> you see stuff like this, and it's almost impossible to deny. >> well, you would think. >> yeah right. >> if you are the fossil fuel industry, which is the richest industry on earth, and who's future prosperity depending on pouring yet more carbon into the atmosphere find it easy -- well at this point not even for them to deny the ceo of exxon said yes our former statements are inoperative, but then he went on to
you get some sense of that extra energy in the atmosphere in this part of the world a couple of weeks ago, when that incredibly violent line of storms moved 700 miles from indiana to the atlantic coast in 12 hours. it was the equivalent of a kind of inland hurricane. there's a lot of extra energy trapped in this envelope of atmosphere expressing it's a in all kinds of ways. >> the "washington post" reporting the other day, the greenland's sheet, the biggest thaw in 40 years. in...